(Reuters) – Moderna Inc’s (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine showed promise against the Delta variant first identified in India in a...

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has given moral support to Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of Chulalongkorn University’s Centre of...

More than three billion Covid-19 vaccines have been administered around the world, an AFP tally found Tuesday, as countries race...

Maintenance or renovation of buildings in and around Bangkok can continue as normal and are not banned by the...

The Royal College of Physicians of Thailand (RCPT) is urging the government to try harder and faster to procure...

The US-made Moderna COVID-19 two-dose vaccine package will be priced at 3,400 Baht, or 1,700 Baht a shot, with...

As many as 110 bottles of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine have been found to contain a lump of transparent gel,...

Vaccination appointments, made via the Mor Prom app by people aged 60 and over and those with any of...

LONDON (Reuters) – A mixed schedule of vaccines where a shot of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is given four weeks after an AstraZeneca shot will produce...

SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — Rescuers searching for a fifth day for survivors of a Florida condo building collapse used...

A US judge on Monday dismissed the blockbuster antitrust action against Facebook filed last year by federal and state...

Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon will enter a “Home...

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has set aside 7.5 billion baht, from the Social Security Fund and...

LONDON (Reuters) – A third shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine produces a strong immune response, researchers said on Monday, adding there was not yet evidence that such shots were...

A junta trial of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi will run longer than scheduled, her lawyers said Monday, with...

Households in Bangkok, Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan have been warned that their tap water may occasionally taste brackish, due...

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry announced the results of a real world study of the efficacy of the Chinese-made Sinovac...

New COVID-19 infections in Thailand today (Monday) surged by 5,406 cases, including only 9 cases among prisoners, while the...

4.7 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine have been delivered to Thailand’s Public Health Ministry to date, with 1.3 million...

Eight sub-districts in Thailand’s southern border province of Pattani have been locked down, by order of the provincial governor,...

One to two billion Baht in revenue will be lost per day, resulting in an economic contraction of about...

Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University’s Centre of Excellence in Vaccine Research and Development is recruiting 174 volunteers for human trials of...

Construction worker housing facilities in Bangkok and nearby provinces, as well as in four provinces in the deep south...

About 2,000 medical science graduates will be mobilized to help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients and over 400...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The virus that causes COVID–19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the...

SURFSIDE, Florida (Reuters) – Rescue crews picked through tons of rubble on Thursday looking for survivors after the collapse...

Thailand’s joint parliamentary session voted last night (Thursday) to accept, in principle, only one of the thirteen draft constitutional...

Hundreds of Thais returned to the streets of Bangkok for the first time in months today (Thursday) to demand...

Pfizer-BioNTech has become the sixth vaccine to be approved by Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), for emergency use...

Siriraj hospital has announced the closure of its examination unit, on the ground floor of the out-patient building, until...

COVID-19 infections in Thailand, since the start of the third wave of the pandemic on April 1st, 2021, have...

Police are collecting evidence on anti-establishment protest leaders, who organised a rally at the Democracy Monument at 4.30am this...

About 95% of those who have received two doses of the Sinovac vaccine have developed an immune response which...

The Thai government has not yet decided to go forward with a proposal, made by a prominent doctor, for...

Several hospitals in Bangkok have suspended PCR swab tests because they are concerned that, if some test positive for...

Two million more doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine arrived in Thailand today (Wednesday), bringing the total of vaccine delivered...

A picture of a wild elephant poking its head into the kitchen of a house, in the Thai resort...

The first million doses of China’s state-owned Sinopharm vaccine, delivered to Thailand on Sunday, have passed quality control inspection...

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai today (Wednesday) reiterated his decision to reject the Pheu Thai Party’s  draft charter amendments, which seek...

A prominent doctor has suggested a seven-day lockdown of Bangkok, to curb the spread of COVID-19 as the number...

Thailand has recorded a new daily COVID-19 death toll high of 51 today (Wednesday), as 3,174 new cases logged...

661 people in Thailand were infected by the COVID-19 Delta variant between April and June 20th and the number...

A subcommittee of the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is set to discuss the problem of a lack...

No alcohol, no hugs, no cheers and no autographs: Tokyo Olympic organisers unveiled tough new rules for spectators at...

Despite widespread public criticism of inappropriate spending and alleged over-pricing, the Racha Thewa Tambon Administration Organization (TAO) Council, in...

Only about 310,000 Thais have joined the Finance Ministry’s “Ying Chai Ying Dai” (The More You Spend, the More...

(Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine is effective against Delta and Kappa variants, which were first identified in...

HONG KONG (AP) — A man accused of driving a motorcycle into police officers while carrying a Hong Kong...

Inoculation of French nationals in Thailand, aged 55 and over, begins today (Wednesday) for two weeks at eight hospitals...

The mysterious explosive sound and turquoise glow seen and photographed in northern Thailand on Tuesday evening could be a...

Thailand’s National Communicable Disease Committee (NCDC) has decided to move forward the administration of the second dose of AstraZeneca...

UEFA’s decision to block plans by Munich to light the Allianz Arena in rainbow colours for the Germany-Hungary Euro...

Dating app Tinder on Tuesday added more ways for people to get to know each other from afar before...

(Reuters) – The White House laid out a plan on Monday to share 55 million U.S. COVID–19 vaccine doses globally, with roughly...

Schools in several of Thailand’s provinces have been ordered to close, just a week after the start of the...

HONOLULU (AP) — Dozens of baby squid from Hawaii are in space for study. The baby Hawaiian bobtail squid...

MANILA (Reuters) – President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines battles one of Asia’s worst...

The Royal College of Physicians of Thailand (RCPT) has proposed a list of six prerequisites, to be implemented by...

Thailand’s Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao, a controversial politician who was recently elected as the ruling Palang Pracharat Party...

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday thanked her supporters for defying the junta to celebrate her...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympics organisers on Monday capped the number of spectators at 10,000 for each venue at the Tokyo 2020 Games, days after experts warned...

LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Bitcoin tumbled almost 10% on Monday as recent volatility in the cryptocurrency market showed no signs of dampening down, with...

The COVID-19 cluster at a madrasa, an Islamic boarding school, in Thailand’s southernmost province of Yala, has now led...

Biosafety labs, for tests on COVID-19 and other new diseases, jointly developed by Japan and Thailand’s Department of Medical...

Around a third of Japanese now back holding the Olympics, up from just 14 percent last month, a new...

The communicable disease control committee of the coastal province of Samut Sakhon put two areas in Muang and Krathum...

BRUSSELS (AP) — AstraZeneca and the European Union both claimed victory Friday in a court tussle over allegations that...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the...

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is aiming to administer about 10 million doses of AstraZeneca and Sinovac...

Eight airlines have been given slots to fly into Thailand’s southern resort province of Krabi during the cold season,...

(AP) — A court in Myanmar extended the detention of American journalist Danny Fenster for another two weeks on...

An Islamic boarding school, in Thailand’s southern border province of Yala, has been ordered to close after many students...

An engineer, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for murder by two lower courts, was given a...

(Reuters) – Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as many countries...

Thailand’s dog virus-detecting squad are ready for their close up. Posing at a photo-opportunity organised by the Faculty of...

Autopsy results have found no link between COVID-19 vaccines and the post-vaccination deaths of 13 people, according to Dr....

Thailand’s resort island of Phuket is preparing to open to foreign tourists in less than two weeks, with 63.3%...

Pheu Thai Party’s advisor Phumtham Wechayachai has explained the rationale behind the party’s strategy to amend the current Constitution,...

WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on his first foreign foray sought to cast Russia not as a direct competitor to the United...

JIUQUAN, China (AP) — Under bright-blue morning skies, China launched its first crewed space mission in five years Thursday,...

Many people remain uncertain about Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s mission to reopen Thailand in four months, which he stated...

New Zealand’s economy posted better-than-expected growth of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2021, official data showed Thursday,...

GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday to begin cybersecurity and arms control talks at a summit that highlighted their discord on...

Medical Sciences Department Director-General Dr. Supakit Sirilak predicted that, in the next 2-3 months, the Delta (Indian) variant of...

Thailand’s Heath Department has recommended that lovers and spouses avoid sex, if there is a risk of getting infected...

Three government coalition parties, Democrat, Bhumjaithai and Chart Thai Pattana, have submitted eight draft constitutional amendments to Thailand’s House...

US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin shook hands in Geneva on Wednesday at the start...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha declared today (Wednesday) that Thailand will fully reopen its borders within four months, as the...

2,331 new COVID-19 infections and 40 more deaths were recorded today (Wednesday) as eight new clusters were reported in...

Six schools in Chart Trakarn and Nakhon Thai districts of Thailand’s northern province of Phitsanulok have been ordered to...

Japan could allow up to 10,000 fans at sports events ahead of the Olympics, media reported Wednesday, as organisers...

GAZA (Reuters) – Israel mounted air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the first since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month, in response to incendiary balloons launched...

Financially-strapped Thai Airways International (THAI) is seeking 50 billion Baht worth of capital from both the government and private...

A prominent doctor has urged the postponement of Thailand’s reopening to fully vaccinated foreign tourists without quarantine requirements in...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday apologized again for the widespread postponements of vaccination appointments across the country, and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cue the fireworks. President Joe Biden wants to imbue Independence Day with new meaning this year...

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Christian Eriksen sent his first public message from the hospital on Tuesday, thanking supporters for their...

COVID-19 vaccine jabs for the elderly and those with any of seven specific non-communicable diseases in Bangkok, whose vaccination...

Beijing on Tuesday accused NATO of exaggerating the threat from China and “creating confrontation”, after a vow from the...

The first crew for China’s new space station prepared to blast off this week for the latest step in...